Being self-critical is good; being self-hating is destructive. There's a very fine line there somewhere, and I walk it carefully.

Go boldly and honestly through the world. Learn to love the fact that there is nobody else quite like you.

I meet hundreds of people, and I'm not going to remember them. But every single one of them will remember their interaction with me.

When I get into trouble at school I'd like to take an invisibility cloak, drape it over me and sneak out the door. Or I'd like to have a 3 headed-dog because then no one would argue with me.

I think any actor worth their salt wants to show as much versatility as they possibly can.

I've never been one of the cool people at school, but then again, I don't get the people who are cool. It's not that I don't like them, it's just that they don't interest me.

I'm very comfortable discussing my personal life, because it's so boring.

My idea of relaxation is not lying down by a beach. I have to move around, do stuff. Though I'm a massive quiz show person.

I met Elijah Wood once, I met Peter Jackson, I met Orlando Bloom, and they're all really cool.

There's no shame in enjoying the quiet life.

I used to be self conscious about my height, but then I thought, f*** that, I'm Harry Potter.

Just because she has high standards, doesn't mean she’s high maintenance. Don’t confuse the two.

The very fact that a Frenchman was prepared, after tow minutes of conversation, to be so friendly towards anyone, especially one who had come from England, made me restless.

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.

Sometimes it is the destinations out of reach that create the circumstances God uses to remind that we are never out of his reach.

Scientific understanding is our joy. Economic and political understanding is our duty.

Well, human security is a concept that I am very committed to enshrining in American foreign policy.

When you cannot answer a skeptic, be content to wait for more light; but never forsake a great principle.

I took a vow of political celibacy.

The nicest characters in A Week in December research are, in fact, Muslims - and their religious devotion is one of the things that defines them.

I am not concerned with verisimilitude... I am not concerned with capturing reality. I am concerned with creating it myself.